An explosion at a Virginia home on Friday night left one firefighter dead and 11 others injured, including nine firefighters, according to officials. Videos of the site of the explosion shared on social media show scenes of total devastation, with a plume of smoke rising from the ground where the house used to be. In a clip shared by Fox 5 DC anchor and reporter Shomari Stone on X, formerly known as Twitter, firefighters can be seen looking through the rubble. The incident took place in Sterling, in Loudoun County....

A Virginia firefighter is dead, and eleven others are injured after a home explosion obliterated a residence on Friday evening. In a press conference, Loudon County Fire & Rescue Assistant Chief of Operations James Williams said that one firefighter is dead, nine firefighters, and two civilians are injured after the explosion "totally devastated" a home in northern Virginia. Authorities said that at the time of the deadly explosion, firefighters were inside the home. The Sterling Volunteer Fire Company posted on X that crews responded to reports of a gas leak...

One firefighter was killed — and at least nine other firefighters and two civilians injured — in a large home explosion in Northern Virginia's Loudoun County Friday night, officials said. In a news briefing late Friday night, Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief of Operations James Williams said that fire crews were first called to the home in the community of Sterling at about 7:40 p.m. local time. Soon after firefighters arrived, an explosion occurred, Williams said. One firefighter was killed in the explosion, Williams disclosed. The victim was...